Athletics

Britain's Bethany Woodward hangs in there and wins silver in a gripping 200m T37 final! That's a medal on her Paralympic debut. She ran a time of 29.76sec but she's beaten into second place by Namibia's Johanna Benson. Germany's Maria Seifert wins bronze. Unfortunately there's nothing in it for Jenny McLoughlin, who finished fifth.

Swimming

Britain's Louise Watkin wins silver in the women's 50m freestyle final S9 but she's just pipped to gold by China's Lin Ping. Still, silver. That's not so bad, right? The finish was so close though. Australia's Ellie Cole wins bronze.

I couldn't see her [Savtsova] at all. I knew she was there or thereabouts. I just put my head down and tried to touch first but I'm so pleased with a silver medal. Just to get on the podium, I'm so, so happy. I really, really am.

I think that's [missing out on a medal in Beijing] why I'm so chuffed. I know what it's like to finish just outside the medals. and I just really did not want that to happen here in front of everyone.

I know it's gutting to be just outside the gold medal but I've tried my absolute hardest and I can walk away with my head held high with a silver medal so I'm so happy."

Johnson said: "I've never had a bronze medal so now I've got the full set at the Paralympics."

"Getting back to the 90s for a moment, Jacob, as a Scotland football supporter I'm pretty nostalgic for that decade as far as major football tournaments are concerned," says Simon McMahon. "What I would give to be thrashed by Costa Rica or Morocco in a World Cup finals now. England cricket or Team GB fans might not view those years so fondly, however. That for me is one of the great joys of sport, the thought that however bad things might be better days may be just round the corner. And make sure you enjoy the good times because they won't last forever."

Athletics

Hang on, there I was thinking I was watching David Devine's race live in the men's 800m T12 final and it turns out it was a replay. He won bronze, since you ask. He only snatched it on the line as well.

Athletics

Words from the mouth of Jonnie Peacock.

"It was nuts out there when they called my name and my mates and family were by the start line and it relaxed me. I haven't been nervous at all.

I'll have to go back now and look at the video, the end of the race wasn't as controlled as I'd like it to be. I need to keep my core stronger and my start could have been better, but that race into that kind of wind (a 1.6m/s head wind) could have been worth 10.90 or 10.95, which would have been my fastest ever first round. I'll come back stronger tomorrow.

I expected a few of the guys to push me more to be honest, I didn't think I'd win by so much, so I'm happy."

Swimming

It's race after race after race. Won't someone think about poor old me? No? Oh to hell with you all. The omen's 100m breaststroke SB6 final then. There are two Brits in action here, Charlotte Henshaw and Liz Johnson here. Johnson starts well, as is her way, but Henshaw speeds back by the end of the first length. Henshaw and the Ukranian Viktoriia Savtsova are neck and neck for the gold at the end - and the Ukranian takes it by the slimmest of margins! It's silver for Henshaw and bronze for Jones. Savtsova's time was 1min 39.13sec. Henshaw's? 1min 39.16sec. It was that close.

I BLAME FOOTBALL

My good colleague Press Association reports thusly:

A Brazilian powerlifter who was due to perform at the Paralympics has been banned for nine months for failing a drugs test. Bruno Pinheiro Carra was suspended before the games after testing positive for banned diuretics, which he claims were a result of green tea capsules.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said he failed the test on August 24 and was provisionally banned a week later - the day he was due to compete.

He told officials he had taken green tea capsules, which were later found to contain the banned substances - despite not listing them on the label. An IPC spokesman said: "In accordance with the IPC Anti-Doping Code, Bruno Pinheiro Carra will serve a nine month suspension for the violation beginning on 28 August 2012, the date of notification.

"All results obtained from the date of sample collection the competition on 24 August 2012 and onwards, will be disqualified with all the resulting consequences, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes."

Athletics

South Africa's Arnu Fourie wins the third heat in a time of 11.29sec. The American Richard Browne finishes second. That was probably the weakest heat so far but what a final we have in prospect all the same.

Swimming

Hannah Russell wins bronze in the women's SB12 100m backstroke final. She was expected to win gold but a stunning turn from Oxana Savchenko blew her away. The Ukranian sets a world record of 1min 7.99sec. Natali Pronina of Azerbaijan finishes second in 1min 9.46sec.

Athletics

Jonnie Peacock storms to victory in his heat in 11.08sec. What a performance on his Paralympic debut. That's a new Paralympic record. He's beaten the world champion Jerome Singleton, who is second in 11.46sec. Over to you, Oscar.

POLITICIAN UPDATE

I'm hearing that John Major, a novelty character these days, was met with loud ... cheers in the Aquatics Centre. Yeah. That means we can get a Bring Back the 90s nostalgia riff going. I'll start with Mr Motivator. Et tu?

Wheelchair basketball

Michael Perkins sends in this update.

That dramatic 5 point win for Great Britain in the wheelchair basketball sets up a semi-final with a huge amount riding on it for the bulldogs. They've won bronze in both of the last two Paralympics and will not want to be playing for that colour medal again. Australia and Canada have exchanged the gold and silver medals at Beijing and Athens with both teams playing for their semi final spots tonight. The USA are the other team through to the last four. They beat Germany 57-46 this afternoon but the Americans haven't won gold since Seoul 1988 and they haven't even been on the podium in Sydney 2000.

Swimming

O'Shea says he wanted to throw up at the start of the race. Nerves?

"Life has amazing stories," he says. "The camaraderie between the athletes is amazing."

He says he was disappointed with his time, having fallen short of his target. Still, as he says, he could be an astronaut or race in Formula One. "I'm lightweight," he grins. "And at least I didn't throw up in the pool."

Swimming

It's South Korea's Lim Woo-Geun in first, but there's no medal for James O'Shea in the men's 100m SB5 breaststroke. He turned in second place after the first length but was overhauled in the final 25m, eventually finishing in fourth place. Given that he's only just taken up the sport though, he can be satisfied with finishing fourth in a Paralympic final. Niels Grunenberg of Germany finishes second and Mexico's Pedro Rangel is third.

Swimming

Swimming

Next up is the men's SB5 100m final, with Britain's James O'Shea in action. O'Shea, now 34, lost both of his legs when he fell under a train when he was 19. Now, after a chance meeting with Mark Foster two years ago inspired him to take up swimming, he's in a Paralympic final. Good luck, James!

Ollie Hynd has just picked up his gold medal. He hasn't stopped smiling since appearing on screen. He makes a valiant attempt to wipe the grin off his face when the national anthem starts but to no avail.

Swimming

That was as terrific 400m tussle! 16-year-old Rob Welbourn of Britain was considered an outsider but he surged to the front at the 250m mark in a bid to pre-empt the expected strong finish by Andre Brasil. That plan worked, as Brasil could not catch him but Ian Silverman of the United States showed tremendous power to storm back to the front and claim the gold with a Paralympic record. Canada took second and Welbourn earned a highly commendable bronze medal.

Swimming

17-year-old Ollie Hynd has won gold for Great Britain in the men's 200m individual medley. His older brother Sam just missed out on a medal. "I'm happy that I held my own in the breast stroke because I've worked a lot on that as it's my weakest stroke," says Ollie seems remarkably composed for a teenager who has now won a gold, silver and bronsze medal at his first Paralympic Games. "I'm really proud," says his brother Sam, whose disappointment at finishing fourth seems to outweighed by his joy at Ollie's success.

Cycling

"Zanardi is a hugely entertaining, charismatic and, it must be said, very slightly eccentric character," reckons Peter. "To do him full credit here's the full answers he gave today to two of the more basic and simple questions most Paralympians are asked - how do you feel now, and are you an inspiration?. As you can see, he gives a lot of thought to what he says:

No, it’s not a silly question. It’s an amazing feeling, I’m really, really happy with the result, but a little sad, I knew this moment was going to bring a little sadness. I would like to say that I’m happier than I was two years ago when I decided to set a horizon – to try to qualify for the Games and to come here in competitive shape. But I guess when you choose the right horizon in life and you are pushed by your passion, every day is a great opportunity to meet happiness. Every day becomes a great opportunity to add something to what you want to do in your life. So this is almost the last day of a great adventure. I have no doubt I will find something new, because if I have one talent it’s certainly my curiousity. But from Monday I will have to find something different, otherwise life will become a little boring."

I don’t feel like an inspiration, no. I’m certainly a good reference point for other people that right now are living with special problems. Especially in the beginning of my recovery it was great to hear a doctor telling me, Alex, you are going to be able to do this and that. Once, I met somebody like me, with a double amputation, telling me – I’m living my life, doing my things, and while he was telling me he was on a pair of prosthetic legs. He was a real inspiration for me. We cannot expect to be an inspiration for other people, but anybody can be an inspiration – even a mother that feeds her kids in the morning and goes to work despite the fact she’s sick and has a fever, because it’s what she has to do. She can be a great inspiration to us all, if we have eyes to watch, That’s what we are missing in this world – eyes to watch, to see there is inspiration. I’m certainly somebody that is well advertised. Sometimes even if you don’t want me to I appear on television with the silly things that I do and people say, wow, that guy! But I’m not any better than any of my mates or any of the great opponents I was racing on this circuit.

Tennis

Here's Chris Hutchinson on the dénouement of the wheelchair quad final.

The Americans, Wagner and Taylor, go up 2-1, breaking the British serve in the third set. Lapthorne and Norfolk respond with a break back, going level at 2-2. The crowd are really into this match now, and Lapthorne is playing up to them, taking every ounce of home advantage he can get. Wagner and Taylor of the United States keep the pressure on, breaking to go 3-2 up, but as we've seen the Brits won't bow out easily. However, a few mistakes from the GB team and they find themselves 2-5 down, perhaps a sign of the increasing pressure from the Americans as they look to wind this match up? Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner hold their nerve and serve out the final game to take the match, the gold medal and maintain their Paralympic title for the third consecutive time, 6-2 5-7 6-2. Britain's Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk played a brilliant match, and thoroughly deserve their Paralympic silver medal.

Tennis

Here's Chris Hutchinson on the second set of the wheelchair tennis quad final:

In the second set, the Brits Lapthorne and Norfolk go down a break in the first game. The British pair successfully defend a break point, proving they aren't going out without a fight. Finding themselves in a position to break back, they succeed, sending the crowd wild as they bring the second set level at 3-3. The Americans respond by breaking back yet again, but in the blink of an eye Lapthorne and Norfolk break back and draw level at four all. The Brits and Americans both hold their next serves at five all. Peter Norfolk pulls out some beautiful near-net volleys to take the next game 6-5. Superb team play between GB's Lapthorne and Norfolk takes them into a third set, winning the second set 7-5.

Here is a summary of today’s key events so far

•Britain’s Sarah Storey won gold in the C5 time trial at the road cycling at Brands Hatch, while team-mate Mark Colbourne won silver medal in the C1. Storey had already won two golds in the Velodrome, where Colbourne had won a gold and a silver. Italy's former Formula One driver turned hand-cyclist Alex Zanardi won gold in his H4 time trial.

•China are still top of the medal table, and always will be, with 54 golds and 141 medals in total. Britain are second with 24 golds and 81 medals altogether. Russia are third with 23 golds and 63 medals in total.

•Britain's Peter Norfolk and Andy Lapthorne are currently locked in a grudge match with the US's Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner for quad doubles gold. The Americans won the first set 6-2, but the Britons took the second set 7-5. GB’s Gordon Reid lost in the men’s wheelchair tennis singles quarter-finals to Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands. Holland's Esther Vergeer won her 469th match in a row with a straight sets 6-0, 6-3 victory over her countrywoman Jiske Griffioen in the women's singles. Vergeer is now through to the final.

•South African officials have registered a formal complaint with the International Paralympic Committee, reigniting the row over whether rivals to Oscar Pistorius are breaking the rules by swapping their prosthetic blades mid-competition. Pistorius, Oliveira and Britain's Jonnie Peacock are competing tonight in the T44 100m heats.

•Britain’s Helena Lucas is guaranteed silver and looks good for gold in tomorrow’s final single-person keelboat 2.4mR sailing race. Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell are guaranteed bronze or better in the Skud race.

•GB’s David Weir was back on the track only a few hours after his T54 1500m victory last night to give a dominant performance in the heats of the 800m, beating his rivals by a large margin. The final is tomorrow.

•Britain’s Bethany Woodward and Jenny McLoughlin qualified for the final of the T37 200m, which is tonight at a few minutes before 9pm. Their compatriot Katrina Hart failed to qualify, however. Athletics classes 31–38 are for athletes with cerebral palsy, classes 31 to 34 with a wheelchair, 35-38 without.

•Britain’s Sophie Kamlish qualified for tomorrow’s final in her heat of the 200m T44. Classes 40–46 in athletics are for athletes with a loss of limb or limb deficiency. Both 200m T44 heats were very fast, with the Paralympic and world records both being broken.

•Britain’s Oliver Hynd won his heat of the SM8 200m medley, with his brother Sam second. The final is tonight at 5.30pm. GB's James O'Shea finished second in his heat of the 100m backstroke SB5. The final is tonight at 6.23pm. Britain’s James Anderson won his heat of the 50m backstroke S2 and is through to tonight’s final at 7.53pm. This is the 49-year-old’s sixth Paralympics. And GB’s Louise Watkin won her heat of the 50m freestyle S9, swimming faster than any competitor in either heat, including South Africa’s Natalie du Toit, who finished her heat third. The final is at 8.30pm.

Equestrianism

Thank you for your concerned comments arising from rumour/speculation about our cover this week. I'd urge people to look at the cover rather than criticise it blind - so here is tomorrow's front cover. It doesn't in any way overlook the achievements of our Paralympians - and we have once again used gold ink on the cover in celebration of their medals.

We obviously faced a dilemma with this week's cover. No one can deny Burghley is a huge event - with 180,000 attendees this year against 150,000 in a usual year - owing in part to Badminton having been lost to the weather. The Paralympics are similarly immense. We didn't want to overlook either on our cover - and believe we have struck a good balance.

In the end, we decided to let our readers be our guide on what the primary image should be, and looked at the number of hits our online reports from each event had attracted from our substantial online readership. We are one of the few publications in Britain that invested in having reporters at both, filing updates for our website. The fact is, our Burghley stories received more than double the number of hits of our Paralympic ones.

Inside the magazine we have eight pages on our Paralympic medals, with the final reports from the remaining freestyle medals (which concluded after we went to press) being reported on next week. Is there any other title in Britain who has given close to that amount of page space to our Paralympic riders?

Equestrianism

Charismatic British horserider Lee Pearson has posted this protest against Horse and Hound magazine on Facebook:

I'm really quite hurt and disappointed for me and the other Para Equestrian riders that we have heard that our national horse magazine 'Horse & Hound' will NOT be featuring the Gold Medal winning riders on their front cover. Since 1996 this team has won EVERY team Gold & only two riders have ever featured on the front cover.

Goalball

Britain's women are out of the goalball and in dramatic fashion too, writes Michael Perkins.

Their quarter-final game with Sweden ended 1-1, but the Scandinavians scored a sudden death winner with their first attack of overtime. The B3 classified Malin Gustavsson was the player to breaking British hearts. The British team had beaten Brazil 3-1 and Denmark 5-0 in their last two games before meeting today's exit.

Tennis

Chris Hutchinson has been watching Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk of Britain play David Wagner and Nicholas Taylor of the United States in the quad doubles final.

The defending champions, Wagner and Taylor of the United States, break Britain's serve in the first game of the match, putting pressure on the No 1 seeds in the early stages. The British pair fight back with huge rallies, but they can't find an opening to break back, as the American break for a second time to go three games up in the first set. Wagner and Taylor serve out the last game to take the first set 6-2.

Cycling

Sailing

Great Britain's Helena Lucas remains on course for single-person keelboat 2.4mR gold and is guaranteed to leave London 2012 with at least a silver medal, reports the Press Association.

The 37-year-old finished eighth and fifth today to give her a nine-point cushion over second-place German Heiko Kroger heading into tomorrow's final race. Lucas, the only woman in the fleet, is guaranteed silver and looks good for gold, meaning Britain are sure to win their first medal since sailing joined the Paralympic programme in 2000. Indeed, Britain will leave with at least two medals as Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell are guaranteed bronze or better, sitting third in the Skud standings heading into the final race.

There could be even more success for the Paralympic hosts as John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas moved third in the Sonar standings.

Wheelchair rugby

Here's Patrick Barkham on GB's loss to the USA:

The USA have won the opening game of murderball, beating Britain 56-44. My prediction is that GB's David Anthony - resplendent in a blue mohican, and full of pace and punky attitude - could be the breakout star of this year's wheelchair rugby. The crowd here love him, and he scored some tasty goals in the second half, which also saw the entrance of Britain's Kylie Grimes, one of only two female murderball players in the Paralympics. (Wheelchair rugby is a mixed sport, but no mercy is shown to the women.) The USA looked like the world champions they are – very cool and comfortable on the ball, scoring plenty of counter-attacking goals – but I'm sure there will be plenty more dramas to come in this sport over the next few days.

Wheelchair rugby

The USA – murderball world champions – are showing their class, writes Patrick Barkham, and have opened up a nine-point lead over Britain at the end of third quarter of the opening match of wheelchair rugby.

But British captain Steve Brown has raised the roof with several solo efforts and the Brits are hanging in there at 41-32. I'm not an expert at all but I guess it would take a lot to come back from that. At least the Brits are winning one competition – they've crashed out of their wheelchairs on three occasions to the Americans' two. Bravery is an overused word in the Paralympics but the casual way in which these guys take the blows and just carry on is incredible.

Basketball

If the music is loud and bad, the courtside master of ceremonies with the boyband fin haircut is performing his unfeasibly chirpy atmosphere-generating routine and 24 men in wheelchairs are whizzing around a rectangular wooden floor throwing large orange balls into baskets, it can only mean one thing, writes Barry Glendenning: Great Britain are about to take on Turkey in the basketball quarter-final, with a place in the last four up for grabs.

They both come in to this match having won three and lost two of their opening five games, but the Brits have the momentum after following a bad start with three wins on the spin. Beyond that I couldn't really tell you what's going on - I was supposed to be at the power-lifting at the ExCel Centre later this evening, but have been reassigned and just got here and am writing without the benefit of my usual meticulous, painstaking and professionally thorough preparation. I've seen the British ladies play already in these Paralympics, however, and it was magnificently entertaining, so I'm more than content to be here. I can certainly think of worse ways of whiling away an afternoon.

Tennis

The final of the quad doubles wheelchair tennis starts shortly at Eton Manor, where top seeds Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk of Britain play No 2 seeds David Wagner and Nicholas Taylor of the United States.

Wheelchair rugby

Britain started brightly in murderball and lead throughout the first quarter but at half-time it is 28-23 to the USA, who are world champions at this brutal - but also deceptively tactical - sport, writes Patrick Barkham.

Aaron Phipps was the British star of the first half, scoring loads of goals, while captain Steve Brown also displayed a knack for the defence-splitting pass. But the USA look a solid team, with the appropriately named Chuck Aoki scoring several spectacular solo goals. There have been a few spills, and plenty of crunching collisions, but there is also plenty of speed in this game, with loads of strenuous work in the wheelchairs to find space and escape opponents.

Tennis

After going two games down in the second set against Reid, Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands came back to three games all with some superb cross-court attacking shots. Reid put up a fantastic fight but Scheffers looked really comfortable on court, breaking serve to go 5-3 up. Scheffers served for his place in the semi-final and won convincingly in two sets, 6-3 6-3.

Cycling

Sarah Storey just popped back to see Peter Walker and his press pals at Brands Hatch after receiving her gold medal - her third of the Games and 10th in all, five in swimming from 1992 to 2004 and five in cycling from Beijing onwards.

Storey said: “Just to be anywhere near Tanni would be incredible. I can’t believe I’m being put on the same page as her. Tanni’s a good friend and an incredible athlete and such a lovely girl. Just to be even spoken about her in same breath is an incredible honour.”

She also talked about how her swimming training helped being an athlete: “The discipline swimming has given me has allowed me to train on my own for hours. That discipline of just being up early and training constantly by yourself is something you can’t replace. I’m so glad I was a swimmer for as long as I was. I can also make the most of the fact I don’t have to be up and 5am any more.”

Soon we have Lora Turnham and Fiona Duncan in the women's tandem time trial, then Alex Zanardi the men's C4 hand bike event.

Wheelchair rugby

The goals come thick and fast at the start of the second quarter. At one point Chuck Aoki scoots insouciantly over the line with no one anywhere near him and the ball settled calmly in his lap. The reinforced wheelchairs turn and crash like dodgems. It's USA 28 - GB 23 at the end of the first half.

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby

It's 7-7 in the murderball. My colleague Michael Perkins is also watching:

Keep an eye out for Kylie Grimes, the only female player on the Great Britain team at London 2012 and one of two female athletes playing in the competition. The other is Belgium's Bieke Ketelbuters for the record.

Grimes is also extremely valuable to the team as a 0.5 point player. In wheelchair rugby each team is allowed a total of eight points and has four players on court at a time. Interestingly, though, you are allowed an extra 0.5 points if you have a female player on court.

By my reckoning this virtually makes Grimes a free player, bar the fact she must be on court, because the other three players can still total eight. Low point players generally only fulfil a role as a blocker, although Grimes cites her greatest achievement as shooting the ball past Australian star Ryley Batt.

That was a lot of maths to start a tournament off with. Whether it will prove beneficial to ParalympicsGB we will see.

Wheelchair rugby

To be eligible to play "murderball", athletes must have a disability that affects both the arms and the legs. Every player is assigned a point value based on their functional ability, from 0.5 for a player with the least physical function through to 3.5 for the most physical function. During play, the total on-court value for each team of four players cannot exceed eight points. The game is mixed gender, and Kylie Grimes is playing for Britain today.

Wheelchair rugby

“Murderball” is about to make its London 2012 debut with Great Britain facing defending champions and world No 1 the USA. I'm afraid I've already caught the Channel 4 commentators pronouncing offence and defence wrongly - the scourge is spreading from basketball, and the rugby hasn't even started yet.

Battle of the blades

South African officials have registered a formal complaint with the International Paralympic Committee, reports Owen Gibson, reigniting the row over whether rivals to Oscar Pistorius are breaking the rules by swapping their prosthetic blades mid-competition.

Although Pistorius attempted to quell the row by apologising for the timing of his outburst after being beaten in the 200m for the first time in nine years by the Brazilian Alan Oliveira, the South African Parlaympic Committee have now raised the issue again.

In a letter to the IPC delivered on Tuesday, it asked the world governing body to investigate whether Pistorius's rivals had changed the height of their blades between the heats and the finals, which is against the rules.

The IPC said it had investigated the claims by immediately asking coaches in the athletes' village whether their athletes had switched their blades ... [The IPC's director of communications, Craig Spence] said that unless the South Africans came forward with new evidence, the matter was closed.

Oliveira switched to his new blades, four centimetres higher than his old pair, three weeks before the Paralympics, and said he was disappointed with Pistorius for raising the issue after the 200m T43/44 final.

Sarah Storey

Sarah Storey just talked to the press for all of 30 seconds, draped in a union flag, reports Peter Walker from Brands Hatch.

She said she was delighted and that her husband Barney was watching in the stand. The "first thing I'll do," she said, is check her time for the race against her male peers. Yes, she's that competitive. After winning the women's gold medal by miles all she wants to do is see how she did compared to the men. More from her after the medal ceremony.

Storey's time over 16km was 22:40.66. The men's C5 time trial is over 24km, but the winner, China's Liu Xinyang, went past the 16km mark in 21:19.71.

Sarah Storey

Channel 4 at last switched to Brand Hatch and interviewed gold-medal-winner Sarah Storey. She said:

I've spent so much time on the road this year ... This has been where all my preparation's been done, so I really need to nail this one here today, and obviously having watched the success of the Olympic team on the road and Bradley [Wiggins] winning the time trial, and Chris Froome getting the bronze medal, I just wanted to make sure I added my name to that list of success ...

I love riding on the road. When the time trial's gone well, there's no greater feeling.

Cycling

Mark Colbourne has just come for a quick chat with the press after his silver medal, reports Peter Walker.

He was aiming for gold and is disappointed but accepts it would always be a tricky course with his disability due to the hills. He broke his back in a paragliding accident, and the injuries left him with no use of his hamstrings. "Another day, another medal, another good day at the office," he said - it's now two golds and a silver in his debut Paralympics.

Here is a summary of today’s key events so far

•Britain’s Sarah Storey won gold in the C5 time trial at the road cycling at Brands Hatch, while team-mate Mark Colbourne won silver medal in the C1. Storey had already won two golds in the Velodrome, where Colbourne had won a gold and a silver.

•GB’s David Weir was back on the track only a few hours after his T54 1500m victory last night to give a dominant performance in the heats of the 800m, beating his rivals by a large margin. The final is tomorrow.

•Britain’s Bethany Woodward and Jenny McLoughlin qualified for the final of the T37 200m, which is tonight at a few minutes before 9pm. Their compatriot Katrina Hart failed to qualify, however. Athletics classes 31–38 are for athletes with cerebral palsy, classes 31 to 34 with a wheelchair, 35-38 without.

•Britain’s Sophie Kamlish qualified for tomorrow’s final in her heat of the 200m T44. Classes 40–46 in athletics are for athletes with a loss of limb or limb deficiency. Both 200m T44 heats were very fast, with the Paralympic and world records both being broken.

•Britain’s Oliver Hynd won his heat of the SM8 200m medley, with his brother Sam second. The final is tonight at 5.30pm. GB's James O'Shea finished second in his heat of the 100m backstroke SB5. The final is tonight at 6.23pm. Britain’s James Anderson won his heat of the 50m backstroke S2 and is through to tonight’s final at 7.53pm. This is the 49-year-old’s sixth Paralympics. And GB’s Louise Watkin won her heat of the 50m freestyle S9, swimming faster than any competitor in either heat, including South Africa’s Natalie du Toit, who finished her heat third. The final is at 8.30pm.

Cycling

Cycling

Channel 4 has really messed up not showing any of the road cycling today. Britain's two medals so far today have come at Brands Hatch, and I'll be honest with you – I didn't see either of them. If you somehow managed to, well done.

Cycling

Cycling

Peter Walker just grabbed a quick chat with Shaun McKeown who missed out on a C3 time trial medal, finishing sixth.

"That was tough," he said, though smiling. Trouble was, he explained, it's hard to train for both short track races and longer road ones, and he concentrated on the former. But he's looking forward to tomorrow's road race: "I can be quite a canny road racer. I'm hoping we can take out some of the sprinters in a breakaway and see what happens."

Cycling

When Paralympic teams arrived at Heathrow in the lead up to these Games they were normally met with flowers, smiles and helpers, reportsAlexandra Topping.

But when 24-year-old Liam Conlon went to greet the five members of the Burkina Faso team, the picture was quite different. He found a forlorn group: wearing brightly-coloured national dress, they were sat on their bags surrounded by police, while tourists looked on taking photos.

The team had nowhere to go, and nowhere to train – and very little money to salvage the situation. After a payment from the government went awry, they could not take up lodging and training facilities from Kent county council.

So Conlon took the only solution available to him – he took them home to his mum and dad in Abridge, Essex, and over the following weeks found them somewhere to train, new equipment and a lot of new friends. When the team's two competitors – Lassane Gasbeogo and Kadidia Nikiema – get on their bikes to compete in the time trial at Brands Hatch it will be thanks to the huge generosity of the people they have met since stepping on to these shores on 6 August.

Gasbeogo is taking part in the H4 time trial at 3.10pm today and the H4 road race on Friday. Nikiema is taking part in the H1-3 time trial at 4.21pm today and the H1-3 road race on Friday.

Burkina Faso's Gasbeogo Lassane and Kadidia Nikiema train at Brentwood school in Essex.

Swimming

The heats of the women's 50m freestyle S9 are up shortly. In the first, Britain's Amy Marren is up against South African Olympian and Paralympian Natalie du Toit, while in the second Britons Lauren Steadman and Louise Watkin are both in contention.

Cycling

Jon-Allan Butterworth finished the C5 time trial four and a half minutes behind the winner, Yegor Dementyev of Ukraine, reports Peter Walker, and appeared before the press with grazes on his knee and a bandaged right arm.

While training yesterday he was "taken out" by a tandem which overtook and clipped his handlebars, he said. Worst of all, it was a British tandem. Butterworth diplomatically would not say who was riding it or what he said to them. He was hurting and wondered whether to start, "but it wasn't four and a half minutes of difference", he said.

Butterworth is mainly a track rider and not so experienced on the road. He'll take part in tomorrow's road race, but looks as if he'll be waiting for that elusive gold.

Athletics

The women's 200m T44 heats were fast ones, too.

Marlou van Rhijn of the Netherlands broke the world record to win hers in a time of 26.97, with Katrin Green of Germany running in a regional record time to come second. Britain's Sophie Kamlish came third and qualified with a personal best time. And Marie-Amelie le Fur of France broke the Paralympic record to win the other heat. The final is tomorrow at 8.48pm.

Classes 40–46 in athletics are for athletes with a loss of limb or limb deficiency.

Athletics

That was another fast heat of the T37 200m, with Britain's Bethany Woodward coming in second with a time of 29.5sec, a regional record, and her team-mate Jenny McLoughlin third with 29.73sec, a personal best. Namibia's Johanna Benson won the race with a time of 29.39sec, another regional record.

Woodward and McLoughlin qualify for tonight's final, which is at a few minutes before 9pm.

Athletics

Britain's Katrina Hart came in fifth in her heat of the women's 200m T37. Germnay's Maria Seifert won the race with a time of 29.87sec, a regional record. The second place time of Ukraine's Oksana Krechunyak and her countrywoman Viktoriya Kravchenko ran personal bests.

Athletics classes 31–38 are for athletes with cerebral palsy, classes 31 to 34 with a wheelchair, 35-38 without.

Athletics

David Weir was just interviewed on Channel 4. He was asked how he had approached a heat so packed with talented racers:

I had to treat it as a final really. I had to keep remembering it was two spots [going through to the final], not three ...

I'm a bit tired today but I've got through. I got a bit more sleep than the first night so I feel a little bit more recovered. I just need a little bit more food tonight and I hope I'll be all right for the final.

Athletics

Weir goes out fast and slots himself in second place behind Switzerland's Marcel Hug. Responding to a threat from Australia's Kurt Ferarnley, Weir takes the lead and cruises across the line far ahead of his competitors.

Tennis

Britain's Gordon Reid is through to the men's singles quarter-finals and will play Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands this afternoon (the time will depend on an earlier match).

In the women's singles Esther Vergeer of Holland, unbeaten for 468 matches now, is always worth watching. She plays her countrywoman Jiske Griffioen in the semi-finals at midday.

Meanwhile GB's Peter Norfolk will be hoping to make up for yesterday's singles defeat with a victory, alongside Andy Lapthorne, in the quad doubles final. They're playing Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner of the US at midday.

Cycling

It's the first day of the road cycling, and a Paralympics debut for Brands Hatch, the venerable motor racing circuit just south of London in Kent, as Peter Walker reports:

There's 18 time trial titles on offer for those riding bikes, tandems, hand bikes and trikes. In the morning session the home riders to look out for are Jon-Allan Butterworth - looking for his first gold after three silvers on the track - Shaun McKeown and, going for a third gold in London, super-debutant Mark Colbourne.

Then come Lora Turnham and her sighted pilot, Fiona Duncan on the tandem. They were gutted to get two fourth places in the velodrome, so I really hope they get a medal today.

In the afternoon we get the hand bikes. The cycle geek in me is hoping I can get a close-up gawp at one of them. The biggest story will probably be Alex Zanardi, the Italian former F1 racing driver who lost both his legs in an awful crash and makes his debut in the H4 race, for those with the least impairment who have full trunk function.

But for me the best story would be if Rachel Morris of GB got a medal. It looked almost certain she would miss her home Games when, only in July, a car drove into her hand bike from behind as Morris was out training.

Karen Darke makes her debut in the hand bikes while David Stone defends the first of his Beijing titles. He rides a trike, used by those who find it hard to balance a bike, for example if they have cerebral palsy.

China remain top of the medal table, with 53 golds and an incredible total of 132 medals. Britain are second with 23 golds, 30 silvers and 26 bronzes (79 altogether), but one more gold from Russia will put them ahead; the Russians currently have 23 golds, 22 silvers and 17 bronzes – 62 in total.

9am onwards: boccia

There are five GB athletes competing today at the 1/16 and 1/8 stages. In BC2, Daniel Bentley plays Cristina Goncalves of Portugal, and Zoe Robinson plays Adam Dukovich of Canada. In BC3 Scott McCowan plays Jose Rodriguez Vazquez of Spain. In boccia's BC1 classification, athletes may have an assistant to help them, for example by handing them the balls. BC2 athletes require no assistance, while BC3 athletes deliver each ball using a ramp positioned by an assistant.

9.30am onwards: swimming

Britain’s Sam and Ollie Hynd have already won a bronze and silver respectively, but today they swim head to head in the SM8 200m medley, the first time they have competed against each other at a Paralympics (heats 9.30am, final 5.30pm). Natalie du Toit, the South African who came 16th in the open water swim at the 2008 Olympics and then won five golds at the Paralympics the same year, is competing in today’s S9 50m freestyle (heats 11.40am, final 8.30pm). She says this will be her last Games, and has already won gold this year in the 100m butterfly S9 and last night the 400m freestyle S9. Brazil’s Andre Brasil, world and defending champion in the 400m freestyle S10, defends his title at just before 10am (heats) and 5.48pm (final). The classes in Paralympic swimming range from 1 to 10 for physically impaired athletes, with 1 being the highest level of impairment.

9.30am onwards: archery

Both the men's and women's British recurve teams play quarter-final matches today, with the women's team playing South Korea (starting 9.30am) and the men's team playing Taiwan (starting 10.30am). If either team is successful in their quarter-final they will go on to play the semi-final at 2pm (women's team), 3pm (men's team), and if successful there, the final at 4pm (women's team), and 5pm (men's team).

10am onwards: athletics

Oscar Pistorius will go up against the rival whose prosthetic legs he complained were too long tonight in the T44 100m heats. However, his biggest threat may come not from Brazil’s Alan Oliveira but from Britain’s Jonnie Peacock, who broke the world record in July and keeps getting faster. Round one is at 7pm, with the final at 9.24pm tomorrow. Meanwhile Britain's Sally Brown will compete in the final of the women's T46 100m, for athletes with a lost limb or limb deficiency, at 9pm. And David Weir will celebrate yesterday’s victory in the T54 1500m by getting back on the track for the 800m T54 heats at 10.17am (the final is tomorrow).

10.30am onwards: cycling

Italy’s Alex Zanardi was a Formula One driver before he lost his legs in an accident in 2001. He is now a handcyclist and will be competing today at the Paralympic road cycling course at Brands Hatch, where he began his racing career in 1991, in the men’s individual H4 time trial at 3.10pm. British medal-winners Sarah Storey and Jon-Allan Butterworth are also up again today, Butterworth in the men’s C5 time trial at 10.30am and Storey, along with GB’s Crystal Lane, in the women’s individual C5 time trial at 12.02pm. Both Shaun McKeown and Mark Colbourne will look to add medals to their hauls in their respective events, the C3 (11am) and C1 (11.49am) time trials. In the C1-C5 classes of cycling, athletes have an impairment that affects their legs, arms and/or trunk, but compete with a standard bicycle. A C1 cyclist will have an impairment that impacts their ability to cycle more than a C5 cyclist. There are 18 medals up for grabs altogether at Brands Hatch today.

11am: sailing

Britain’s three-person keelboat (Sonar) team John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas race at 11am in Weymouth and Portland, and again at 12.30pm. Two-person keelboat (Skud18) team Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell race at 2pm, and again at 3.30pm. Helena Lucas races in the single-person keelboat (2.4mR) at 2.10pm and again at 3.40pm. All three boats face difficult competition before the final day of racing tomorrow.

2pm onwards: wheelchair rugby

“Murderball” makes its London 2012 debut with Great Britain facing defending champions and world No 1 the USA at 2pm.